Turbo choice for NA 1.8 ltr motor

[rjr666]

You would have to have a manifold that would except a T3 flange. All avo manifolds and sp motorsport manifolds are T2 flange which except the T25/T28 Garrett turbos from SR20 motors ect.

Id say a SP motorsport manifold with a addaptor plate made to get it from T2 to T3 would have to me machined. Then the dump pipe that sp motorsport make would have to be modifiyed or a custom one made.

In my opinion I would sell the turbo, Look for a T28 turbo. Then the manifolds all bolt up, so do dump pipes making life easier. Unless you wanted to make a custom manifold and dump pipe ect...

Hope that helps.

[Sheck]

that turbo will be sweet for the 1.8, i'm running the r32 turbo on my 1.6 and it spools up pretty well. Full 9-10psi by 3.5k rpm. The 33 turbo is a little bigger than the 32 and i belive is rated at 50hp more. The only thing is the series 2 turbos have a ceramic rear with a plastic front so its not recomended you boost them past the stock 10psi. Because its got such light components it should spool a little quicker than my turbo on my car (your extra 200cc helping out too).

Oh yea i'm also running a set of 264deg HKS cams but they havent been dialed in yet so i'm not sure if they are helping much with spool time.

Dave